“I was alone again in the jungle. My heart was still racing. I spent the rest of the night in a state of fear and in the morning our leaders decided to move my sick tent back to the circle of girls’ tents.”

This conversation probably wouldn’t have been awkward at all if we had been dating. But we hadn’t been. In less than a week, we had gone from friends to engaged. Things were moving fast (in some ways…he still hadn’t kissed me!)

On the plane, I stared out the window. I had a book with me but couldn’t read. I sipped my coffee listlessly and nibbled in the brownies Chuck’s mom had given me. Suddenly the loudspeaker came on and the flight attended announced, “I have a message for passenger Renee”…